TRACK TALK #226 The Levee's Gonna Break

THE LEVEE'S GONNA BREAK
ALBUM : Modern Times (2006)
Recorded : Février-Mars 2006
Released : 29 Août 2006

Une chanson entrée dans le domaine publique et basée sur le "When the Levee Breaks" de Kansas Joe McCoy et Memphis Minnie.

Première performance live : Philadelphie (18 Novembre 2006)
Dernière performance live : Lörrach (16 Juillet 2015)
Total : Environ 250 fois



Lyrics
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
Everybody saying this is a day only the Lord could make

Well I worked on the levee Mama, both night and day
Well I worked on the levee Mama, both night and day
I got to the river and I threw my clothes away

I paid my time and now I'm as good as new
I paid my time and now I'm as good as new
They can't take me back, not unless I want them to

If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
Some of these people gonna strip you of all they can take

I can't stop here, I ain't ready to unload
I can't stop here, I ain't ready to unload
Riches and salvation can be waiting behind the next bend in the road

I picked you up from the gutter and this is the thanks I get
I picked you up from the gutter and this is the thanks I get
You say you want me to quit ya, I told you no, not just yet

I look in your eyes, I see nobody else but me
I look in your eyes, I see nobody other than me
I see all that I am and all I hope to be

If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
Some of these people don't know which road to take

When I'm with you I forget I was ever blue
When I'm with you I forget I was ever blue
Without you there's no meaning in anything I do

Some people on the road carrying everything that they own
Some people on the road carrying everything that they own
Some people got barely enough skin to cover their bones

Put on your cat clothes, Mama, put on your evening dress
Put on your cat clothes, Mama, put on your evening dress
A few more years of hard work then there'll be a thousand years of happiness

If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
I tried to get you to love me, but I won't repeat that mistake

If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
Plenty of cheap stuff out there still around that you take

I woke up this morning, butter and eggs in my bed
I woke up this morning, butter and eggs in my bed
I ain't got enough room to even raise my head

Come back, baby, say we never more will part
Come back, baby, say we never more will part
Don't be a stranger without a brain or heart

If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break
Some people still sleepin', some people are wide awake

Magnifique photo!

Alala, avec Someday Baby et surtout Rollin & Tumblin, cette chanson me fait bouger de manière automotique mon ptit popottin. Je l'aime beaucoup, surtout en live ou on a l'habitude d'avoir Bob en roule libre (cf Poupet 2015!!).

A notee que la chanson et meme Bob apparaissait dans une pub américaine pour Apple..

Locarno 2015 (le lendemain de Poupet) : http://www.notdarkyet.org/150716levee.mp3